I'm a frugal mom. I believe in using everything I have down to the last drop, I also believe in getting things for free or with the most savings. After all, our small family isn't exactly made out of money with one person disabled, a new baby, a teenager and then myself, money is more than tight, it's near extinct!
All is not lost though, I've found great ways to get a little more for a lot less! Now I'll offer it to you along with valuable tips!

Yes! I want 30 Freebies for $4.00!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Just when I think I can't do it again, I did! Take a look at this grocery bill! Let me tell you, this was such a steal! I used several coupons, mostly printable:

Three - $3.50 off Glade Soy CandelsThree - $2.00 off Healthy Choice DinnersOne - Buy a Fabreeze Candel ($5.00) get a Fabreeze Spray ($5.00 Twin Pack!) free PLUS I had a coupon, $3.00 off a Fabreeze candel!The list goes on! As you can see it really added up!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Today I went to Walmart, always Walmart. These are the coupons I used:

(this should have beeen 1.89 each!) 2 coupons each for a free bag of Frisky Cat treats! (not a buy one get one)1.00 off Triskets1.00 off 4 gallons of baby water3.00 off any clearasil product (my 15 year old needed that)1.00 off Palmolive detergent 1.50 off of 1 box of Honey Bunches of Oats

So, I spent 20.00 total because I picked up some other things (which if I had looked which I did when I got home, and kicked myself for it, I had coupons for).

Still, not bad! I went back later, found a bunch of their summer items for $1.00 so I was bad and picked up a bunch of pools to take to the flea market a small town nearby is having, maybe I can double my money there! If not well, I'll kick myself yet again!

(don't ask why this sentence is in here: Stick that on your power cord! )

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Wow is all I can say. I checked my mailbox yesterday and got some GREAT things! Here's a couple of pictures:

Then I went to Wal Mart today with my coupons and saved $58.00. Yes, $58.00.

The things I purchased were things I would have gotten anyway but I had buy one get one free coupons, free coupons and greatly discounted coupons. All in all I spent $42.16, that cut my bill in half! This didn't take me long, but it did take just a wee bit of planning, like sitting down the family and saying, "ok guys and gals, what do you want for dinners this week and what exactly do I need to pick up?"

I did that three days in advance then mapped out the savings by going to the store and picking up a flier. I figured out about how much it was going to cost and attacked it like a general sends his troups to attack in war!

I used the coupons that I got with the samples I've been signing myself up for too, this helped me a lot.

All in all it was well worth it!

Later on today I'm going to hit up the yard sales to see if I can find anything to put on E*bay. I'll tell you all about it later if not tomorow!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

One of my favorite haunts used to be yard sales and flea markets. Since I loved redecorating but had a small budget, these places always offered such great potential. More than that though, I can often find trinkets to sell on E*bay or resell in my own yard sales. Savings are everywhere, you just have to be in the right frame of mind to find them. Some may call it cheap or stingy, I don't think that's the case, I call it wise. I'm not like this with all things for my family, just the things I think I can get a gooddeal for. What's so wrong with that?

Helping Mom Help You!

It's me, Baby Jacob!

Why do we do this?

At one point I had a great job. I didn't have to worry about clipping coupons or snagging samples just to have a little something different every now and then. All that's changed with the arrival of baby Jacob here. See, I'm trying to raise enough money to buy a house and boy is that not easy with the situation we are in! Poor credit and the inability to work, my husband being in the Navy a half a world away being the sole source of income sure isn't the right mix to buy a house.

So I started being frugal!

Now my obsession with finding free deals, clipping coupons, and getting samples off the internet has exploded into a great E*bay business!

Of course I still sell other great items on E*bay, everything from Antiques to clothing, but I've found my passion is saving money and helping others do the same!

With the buy it now option you will see below, I'll sign you up for 30 samples on the internet. No, no surveys, just straight up 110% free samples! You will ALWAYS get your moneys worth and then more!